We recently interviewed former Saturday Night Live writer, author, and comedy legend Jack Handey. For Best Month Ever, here are his five all-time favorite SNL skits.

"Hans and Franz" (1987)

"That was Dana [Carvey] and Kevin [Nealon]. They came into my office and they performed it and I was just on the floor. It was just crazy funny. It was, I think, the last piece on the show, and the audience, sometimes you don't know if the audience really likes it, and they're just listening. They're not really laughing, they're just like, 'This is weird, what are they going to say next?' Or they just hate it, you don't know. I just remember it pretty much died. But apparently there was some buzz about it."

"That was one of the early seasons. Michael Palin was sort of, like, this innocent sailor on board this real gay-oriented ship in the 1800s. I think Belushi was the captain. I think [Palin's] name was Miles. I think Belushi was like, 'Miles, there's a fearsome storm outside. Why don't you come in my cabin with me?' Michael Palin's one of my favorite all-time comedy guys. They don't do them much anymore, where sketches would go on for several sets and would have a story, and historical stuff always make me laugh. I always liked those sets where you can land a joke in the first scene and have it pay off."

"MacGruber" (2007 - 2010)

"I guess it's just kind of dark. I like explosions, they're funny for me, people exploding, although in this day and age it's not so funny. I just like idiots trying to do stuff, racing against the clock. [He's] not listening to other people, just ignoring people... Also pretending or thinking you're empathetic when you're just totally not. Just totally misreading yourself is funny to me. I guess there's a reason why most comic heroes are idiots. That's funnier than the smart guy, usually. I don't know why."

"¿Quien es Mas Macho?" (1979)

"That was a game show, I kind of see this used a lot since then. The first time I ever saw it, it was all in Spanish, sort of simple, sixth-grade Spanish. You ask the contestants, 'What does your husband do?' They'd say, 'Es un exterminator, the insectos.' They would then ask 'Que classe de insectos?' Then [the contestants] would answer, 'Mosquitoes, cucarachas, todos los insectos.' The game was who was the most macho. Like 'Ricardo Montalban or Lloyd Bridges.' 'Bridges?! Bridges!' It was the first skit I ever saw that was entirely in Spanish."